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nudibranch Hermissenda opalescens on sponge
Yellowfin Fringehead Neoclinus stephensae
Milton Love's book "Certainly more than you would want to know about the fishes of the Pacific Coast" says this fish is "clearly the punk species of the Pacific Coast and recently nominated as the Marine Fish Most Likely to have its Genitals Pierced."
sea slug Cadlina limbaughorum
Named after Conrad Limbaugh, the first diving officer of Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
sea star Pisaster brevispinus on yellow sponges
Diaulula sandiegensis nudibranch with strawberry anemones
strawberry anemones Corynactis californica and yellow sponge
Blood star Henricia leviuscula with strawberry anemones